Gretna man shot Tuesday morning pronounced dead

A Gretna man wounded in a double shooting in Harvey on Tuesday morning was pronounced dead this afternoon.

Reginald Lucas, 21, was shot in the head while sitting at a red light at the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and West Bank Expressway shortly after 2 a.m. Another 21-year old passenger in the vehicle also was wounded, and the driver of the car was unharmed.

According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, Lucas had just left a nightclub in the 3700 block of the West Bank Expressway when he was shot in the head. Another victim reported that a small white car pulled up next to the car Lucas was riding in and opened fire.

Lucas was taken to West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, where he was on life support for most of the day.

The other passengers in the vehicle said they left the club because they noticed a disturbance there as they pulled into the parking lot, said Col. John Fortunato, a sheriff's spokesman.

Investigators are trying to verify the other victims' account of what happened and determine whether Lucas or any of the other men were involved in any disturbance. Lucas had no prior convictions or charges in Jefferson Parish or New Orleans.

Attempts to reach his family on Tuesday afternoon were unsuccessful.

Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact the Sheriff's Office at 504.364.5300 or Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111 or toll-free at 877.903.7867.